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A family name on West 11th Avenue, Fairview, Mount Pleasant, Kitsilano and West Point Grey

The Wrights

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at five addresses

The directories print nine people named Wright at five addresses in 1940, all on West 11th Avenue. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The most under one roof: three Wrights at 3226 West 11th in 1940. The directories print the name on 137 other streets too, all listed on the Wright name's own page.

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Where the Wrights lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    1405 West 11th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • J Wright, a director at the Wright Institute of Naturopathy 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs M M Volins at 1411. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    3226 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E Wright, a bookkeeper 1940
    • Don S Wright, a clerk at the Bank of Toronto 1940
    • Mamie E Wright, a saleswoman 1940

    Next door in 1940: R Davies at 3216 and J P Richardson at 3236. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3227 West 11th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • J F P Wright, a shipper at Western Leckie 1940

    Next door in 1940: J C Richards at 3221. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    4237 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • R C Wright 1940
    • J E Ray Wright, a clerk at News-Herald 1940

    Next door in 1940: H J Greenaway at 4233 and R J McCourt at 4239. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4574 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • J A Wright, retired 1940
    • Ken D Wright, a grocer 1940

    Next door in 1940: F A Carlson at 4570 and R L Dickie at 4584. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: a clerk (2), a bookkeeper, a director, a grocer, a saleswoman and a shipper.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Kitsilano (2), West Point Grey (2) and Fairview. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.

The story, address by address

In 1940 the directory lists J Wright at 1405 West 11th Avenue. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Joseph Wright there as the householder, a director at the Wright Institute of Naturopathy. In 1940 the directory lists E Wright at 3226 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section lists Ernest Wright there as the householder, a bookkeeper, with Don S Wright, a clerk at the Bank of Toronto, and Mamie E Wright, a saleswoman.

In 1940 the directory lists J F P Wright at 3227 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists J Frederick P Wright there as the householder, a shipper at Western Leckie. In 1940 the directory lists R C Wright at 4237 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Roy C Wright there as the householder, with J E Ray Wright, a clerk at News-Herald.

In 1940 the directory lists J A Wright at 4574 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists John A Wright there as the householder, retired, with Ken D Wright, a grocer.

Today

1405 West 11th, 4237 West 11th and 4574 West 11th still have their buildings from before 1946; 3226 West 11th (2010) and 3227 West 11th (1981) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 14 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under W. Want a name removed? Tell us.